Published “Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Pathophysiology of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 858 times.
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Kazimierz Fajans
Kazimierz Fajans was a Polish physical chemist, a pioneer in the science of radioactivity and the co-discoverer of chemical element protactinium. He was four times nominated for the Nobel Prize—three times in Chemistry and once in Physics—but he was never honored.
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science · Polish-American physical chemist (1887–1975) · physicist · chemist · university teacher · also Kazimierz Fajans, Kasimir Fajans, Kasimir J. Fajans, Fajans
Born 27 May 1887 · Died 18 May 1975 · Q213667
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1996· 2 entries
Published “Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α gene in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY3)” in Nature — cited 919 times.
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Published “Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α gene in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1)” in Nature — cited 928 times.
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1975· 1 entry
Died 1975-05-18.
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1959· 1 entry
Became an honorary member of the Polish Chemical Society
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1935· 1 entry
Left Germany due to escalating Nazi persecution
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1923· 1 entry
Formulated Fajans' rules of inorganic chemistry, which are used to predict whether a chemical bond will be covalent or ionic
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1919· 1 entry
Fajans began researching the structure of crystals by thermochemical and refractometric methods
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1917· 1 entry
Headed the Faculty of Physical Chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and in 1932 became the Head of the Institute of Physical Chemistry established by the Rockefeller Foundation
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1913· 1 entry
Together with Oswald Helmuth Göhring, he discovered the first radionuclide of a new element, which was later named protactinium
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1910· 1 entry
Fajans took a job at the laboratory of Ernest Rutherford in Manchester, where the nucleus was discovered
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1909· 1 entry
Was awarded his PhD for research into the stereoselective synthesis of chiral compounds
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-05-27.
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